National Committee for Sub-national Democratic Development Secretariat (NCDD-S)

The Tonle Sap Poverty Reduction and Smallholder Development Project (TSSD) is co-financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Government of Finland (GoF) and the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC), with a total budget of approximately 50.37 million USD for a period of 7 years.

The project is designed to foster community-driven infrastructure, and capacity development through the formation of Livelihood Improvement Groups in 1,236 villages, in 196 communes, in 28 districts in the five target provinces.

The project seeks to improve livelihoods of about 630,000 households in the four provinces in by 2020 through increased agricultural productivity and improved access to markets within the Project area.

There are 3 components:

There are two Executing Agencies, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development Secretariat (NCDDS), and three implementing agencies (IAs) – MAFF General Directorate of Agriculture (GDA), NCDDS and Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication (MPTC). The Council for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) heads regular semi-annual Project Steering Committee meeting.